Katie was going to be shot in a canoe and we searched long and hard for the most leech-infested rainforest creek we could find and we found Lacy Creek. It was actually a stunning area and between shots, we even spotted a Cassowary (a huge bird that the area is known for). The Cassowaries can be quite aggressive and have been known to cause severe injuries to mostly German tourists who refuse to hand over their fruit or sandwiches etc.. Luckily, our shoot was incident free until the little bench Katie was supposed to sit on in the canoe gave up and she dropped to the bottom of the vessel with a worrying thud….

Luckily, the emergency medical response team (actually our make-up artists Leigh and Sharna) were quickly on the scene and skillfully managed to cover any bruising.

Then it was time for Danielle’s shoot. It took place on the picturesque beach at Lugger Bay. It was actually a re-shoot. We had attempted the shot once before, but the weather was not playing its part. For the first shoot, Dean wanted three of the other models buried in the sand around Danielle. It was so windy and cold that by the time we had managed to position and cover the last of the models with sand, the first one was going into shock purely from exhaustion. The disappointment was noticeable, but in the end Dean had no choice but to call off the shoot. Fortunately the day at Lugger Bay turned out to be much more pleasant and productive.

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